Multiple locking means for automobile doors



MULTIPLE LOCKING MEANS FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Filed :Feb. 27, 1956 L l 12 w 10 Z J 21 m fiaMe/f [fl Z72,

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Patented UNITED STA-T55 i Means non AUTOMO- *nmnnoons Haskell Irwin, Oklahoma City. Okla.

ing independentlyof the conventional looks. of i 5 the automobiledoors for manually locking orunlocking alloisaid doors from a single point.

a It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of this character which cannot readily be unlockedfrom' the interior of the car body, so Y: that even if a thietshouldjbreak a window and get access'to the interior of a car, he could not reachinandunlockthe car doors. Further ob- 3 jects and advantages ofthe invention will be set i forth in the detailed description which now fol- 5 lows. w In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion ofan automobile, body illustrating one 2 through which the remaining locking elements areactuated; Y

through one-of the, side posts of the automobile rand its associated parts; i

H O form of connection between the key-controlled 1 lock and the partsupon the opposite side 01' the y automobile; I i j 0 Fig. dis a transverse sectional view showing yupon theoppositei sides or the automobile; n

Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view through a straight top bow; and i ucylinder with its attached spur gear.

Likenumerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing. In the'particular form of the inventionwhich 1 have chosen for purposes of illustration, 9. conx ventional form of key-controlled, cylinder lock 6 carries upon the inner endof its rotative part I,

a spur gear 8. Partial rotation of. this gear occurs h when the key (not shown) is turned in the lock. j

The gear meshes with a'vertical rack bar 9, said ea. Curved bolts H arepivotally connected at fl! tojthe block Ill, and these bolts pass throughside post It ofthecar body. W U J When the gear is turned to the right inFig. 2, the rackbar- 9 and block III are elevated, and the bolts l I are projected outwardly into keepers? l embeddedin the door frames indicated at l6 and i which represent those portions ofthe door frames guide openings l3 formed in the meeting rail ort point of application of the key-controlled lock i i Fig. ,2 is an enlarged, lateral sectional view f Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view throughone the top bows of the automobile, showing one.

another form of connection between the parts Fig. 6 is an enlarged vie' w of oneJform of'lock bar beingconnected at its lower end to a block [0, i 1 through the medium of a connecting rod or cable" Applicationfliebruary 2'1, 1936, Serial No. 66,097 e w we IClaim. erase-39y e Thisinventionrelatesto amultiple lockcontrol g x for the doors of automobiles, and it has {or its obl w jectto providemeans operable by a key and actat the freeor swinging side of the doors. The post ll-is the post against which the doors abut in their closing movements;

PATENT: OFFICE f n It isto be understood that the structure ofFlg. r

2 is duplicated upon the opposite side of the car body, the gear upon the farside of thecar body,

being actuated through any one of a number oi.

suitable types of connections extending,prefer-'- ably,;through or along a top bow 16a of the car body.

I1 and I8, connected at their central-portions by any suitable type of universal joint ISand'universal Joints 20 and 2| whichconnect said inclined shafts with their respective gears ,8 and a corresponding gear at the far side of the car In Fig.4, this transverse connection between thetwojgears 8 and 8a is shown ascomprlsing a simple, flexible wire or cable 22 of the type in common use. In Fig. 5, the gears 8 and 8a are jshown'as being connected by a straight shaft, 23. I 'I'hisarrangement may be used where the configuration of a car body permits of it. 4

'It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to any particular location of the lock 6 nor to any particular length of connecting rods between racks" 9 and blocks I 0. These may be made of any length,and they may include flexible cables, so that the bolts H need. not be in a straight line with the gear. Thus, I am able to locate the boltsil andfthe lock 6 at whateverpoint may, be most advantageous in view of the shape and constructionof the particularautomobile to whichit is applied.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but

that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: A lock for an automobile of the type comprising post, against whichthefree edges of said doors abut and said doors having (arcuate keepers in their front edges, said lock comprising a block mounted for vertical sliding movement in said other and being of'arcuateiormation, the curvature'of said bolts substantiallyconformlng to the curvature of the keepers in said doors.

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front andrear doors having a hollow-meeting 

